the moments in between


My friends had just finished a soccer game in the gloaming, and we had been taking "team" photos in the fading light of this merry band of futbol players. While I think the posed shots were a ton of fun, I have to say that my heart is drawn to the candids in between the "formal" shots. To me, that's where my favorite stories are in photography--those moments in between people's awareness of the camera, those moments in between the subject's consciously exhibiting the persona that they want the camera to capture, those moments in between the awkwardness for those who are uncomfortable in front of a lens.
I love the light in this photo, that light in between day and night, that last glimmer of sun fading into the darkness. I love the chaos in this photo, everybody doing their own thing or trying to spell the letters AMC [for Allied Media Conference which was where we were at] before the photographers yell at everyone to get in position and to hold still. I love that I can still feel the love and joy and magic of this moment, even now...
Share with us today your images of those "moments in between," however you want to interpret that.
Reader Comments (11)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soupatraveler/5888229393/in/photostream
such a richness to that sky.
i too love the moments in between, the non posed real life moments...
here i caught my son on my bed staring at his own hand and day dreaming away.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/5897836293/
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/home/2011/7/2/hazey-days.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koreenphotography/5897606360/
Or this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koreenphotography/4684012921
http://knowwheretostand.blogspot.com/2011/07/milk-and-sugar.html
http://flic.kr/p/9Zcega
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58821554@N06/5535002496/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64139800@N06/5859101330/in/photostream
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64139800@N06/5858543141/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26687796@N00/1936190794/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/5824316410/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/5856347938/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/5745258450/in/set-72157626556260925
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/5720059831/in/set-72157626556260925